PH Election Candidates Viral In Korea & Social Media
PH ELECTION CANDIDATES VIRAL – FN News, one of the biggest news outlets in South Korea took an interest in the candidates for the 2022 presidential elections.
As the Philippines wraps up its filing of candidacy for the presidential elections, some interesting characters entered the race. Among the first that announced their candidacy was Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, Senator Manny Pacquiao, and former Senator, Bongbong Marcos.
Interestingly enough, each one of these candidates had a past that the South Korean newspapers took note of. As such, they published a shocking headline regarding the country’s presidential candidates.
The news outlet wrote:
FN News described former Senator Bongbong Marcos as the “son of a Dictator” and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno as a former “adult star”. Along with this, the paper also took note of Pacquiao’s candidacy.
The paper highlighted Pacquiao’s controversial remarks regarding the LGBTQ being “worse than animals”. “Kung lalaki sa lalaki, babae sa babae, eh mas masahol pa sa hayop ang tao”, said Pacquiao.
Because of this, the news headline went viral on Philippine social media. Here are some of the comments netizens had regarding the post:
“Walang patawad mga Koreano…haha”
“Nakakahiya talaga politics natin. I am perplexed at the duterte and bbm trolls flooding even the facebook pages of Korea Times when it reported about Maria Ressa’s Nobel Prize. Nakakahiya, some koreans believed these trolls and called the Nobel prize a scam.“
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